Shipping container for sound-reproducing records



May 10,1927.

, R. S. BLAIR ET AL SHIPPING CONTAINER FOR S OUND REPRODUCING RECORDS Filed Oct. 5, 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INV T023.

' 1,628,105 May 10, 1927- s. BLAIR ET SHIPPING CONTAINER FOR SOUND REPRODUC ING RECORDS Filed Oct. 5. 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 MVENTOR 5 Patented May 10, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENTOFFI'QE.

ROBERT S. BLAIR, F STAMFORD, AND BURLING I). WELLS, 01: DiiNBUItY. CONNECTI- CUT; SAID WELLS ASSIGNOR TO SAID BLAIR.

SHIPPING CONTAINER FOR SOUND-REPRODUCING RECORDS.

Application filed October 3, 1921. Serial No. 504,977.

This invention relates to record construction for phonographs and with regard to certain features more particularly to records used for the recording of speech and other sounds.

One of the objects thereof is to provide a phonograph record of simple and'practical construction and of great strength. Another object is to provide practical means of re inforcing a phonograph record which is composed of a waxlike substance of such consistency as to permit the stylus of a phonograph to make markings therein so that it will readily endure rough handling. Another object is to provide practical means of constructing phonograph records using.

the minimum amount of waxlike substance and yet be of sufficient strength to endure frequent shipping through the mails. Another object is to provide simple and effec tive means of reinforcing and protecting the phonograph record so that it may safely be shipped from place to place. Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter.

The invention,accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangements of parts which will be exemplified in the structure hereinafter describeo and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawings in which is shown one of the various possible embodiments of this invention, Figure I is a plan view of a phonograph record a section of the Waxlike ooatingof the record having been broken away to show the reinforcing plate which is imbedded in the center of the phonograph record. Figure IIis an edge elevation in cross section of the phonograph record shown in Figure I. the section being taken along the line 11 in the direction as indicated by the arrows in Figure I. Figure III is a plan view of a container used as a reinforcing and protecting medium for the phonograph record shown in Figure I. Figure IV is an edge elevation in cross section of the container shown in Figure III the cross section being taken along the line 22 in the direction as indicated by the arrows in Figure III.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout in the several views of the drawin s.

to be used.

Turning now to Figure I we have. a phonograph disc 10 imbedded in the centre of which is a reinforcement 11 which is coated on its two circular faces with a coating of wax 12, the wax 12- being applied in suiiicient quantity to fill each face of the reinforcement 11 up to a level with the edge of the rim 13 of the reinforcement 11. At the centre of the reinforcement 11 there is provided a hole 1.4 which lies at the exact goo iji'ietrical. centre thereof and serves to locate the phonograph disc 10 accurately on the table of the phonograph upon which it is The reinforcei'ncnt 11 is provided with a plurality of openings such 15 pierced through the web and made in the form of a rectangle as being most convenient to manufacture, the SMlZZl: piece of metal having been removed from the web of the reinforcement 11 when the openings 15 were punched, a small tongue of metal 16 was cut loose from the sides of the openings 15 and turned over shown more clearly in the cross section in Figure II. The openings 15 have been arranged in the web of the reinforcement 11 in a radial arrangement, that is with the longer dimension of the openings 15 pointing towards the centre of the holell which is at the geometric centre ofthe phonograph record 11. Turning now to Figure II it will be seen that the. tongues 16 at the ends of the openings 15 are integral with the web of the reinforcement 11 and are bent over so as to get a. firm grip on the i coatings 12 which cover the two faces of the reinforcement 11. The edges of the rim 13 of the reinforcement 11 are folded over during the process of manufacture so that no sharp edge is at any place left ere posed. The reinforcement 11 has been so designed with regard to shape that it may be readily produced in quantities by a manufacturing operation which needs to consist of but only a few stages and can be produced from a single sheet of metalwithout the necessity of soldered connections etc. Turning now to Figure IV we have a container 17 provided with a shoulder 18 on its outside circumference running entirely around the container 17 which serves to pre vent excessive downward movement of the cover 19 on to the container 17. The inside of the wall of the container 17 is covered with a thick layer of resilient material 20 which is of suflicient height to reach up to the upper edge of the container 17, a circular disc 21 of similar resilient material covers the bottom of the inside of the container 17 as shown. The phonograph record it) is placed inside the container 17 resting); upon the circular disc of resilient material 91 and another circular disc of resilient material 22 is laid on the upper face of the phonograph disc 10 and serves to securely lock it in place when the cover 19 is pressed down on to the container 17 and a strip of adhesive material 23 is fastened around the container 17 where the cover l9'fits against the shoulder 18 thus preventing the cover 19 from being forced off from the container l? by the resilienc'eof the circular discs 2 and 22. Turning now to Figure III it will be seen that the circular'top of the cover 19 is provided with a pluralityof radially raised projections 24 which serve to stiffen the flat surface of the cover 19 which'would otherwise be very weak.

The reinit'orcement ll of the phonograph disc 10 is filled with wax or other suitable substance for recording the'marliings of the stylus of a recording phonograph, sufiicient Ava); being placed upon each face of the web of the rein forccment 11 so that after a smooth surface has been attained on the exterior faces of the wax coatings 12 the surface of these coatings will be in a plane passing through the edges of the rim 13 of the reinforcement 11. A smooth and truly planed surface is attained for the exterior surface of the wax coatings 19. by means of pressing the phonograph disc 10 between two'plane plates or by a'similar process which lies beyond the scope of this invention. The phonograph disc 10 is usedin a manner similar tophonograph discs of other design and when the surface of thewax coatings 12 have been entirely covered with markings by the stylus of the phonograph the phonograph record 12 is removed from the machine and placed in the container 17 shown in Figure IV and the cover 19 applied after the circular disc 22 has been placed upon the upper surface of the phonograph record 10 and the strip of adhesive material 23 which serves as a sealing strip wrapped around the-container l7 and the Cover 19, securely sealing the joint under which con ditions the phonograph disc 10 may now be safely shipped.

As various-possible embodiments might be made of the above invention and as various changes might be made in the embodiment above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawings to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

We claim:

1. A shipping container for records ot sound-repreducing machines comprising in combination a substantially round and. substantially iiat receptacle con'iprising a plurality of separable members provided with interfitting flanges and shaped to stiffen their walls and to provide a surface on one of said walls suitable for receiving an address, yielding means in said receptacle interposed between the flat surfaces of the record and the adjacent stiffened "ails of the receptacle and adapted to prevent abrasion of the record surface thereby and an adhesive member removably securing said llanges one to another.

2. A shipping container for recoros of sound-reproducin machines comprising in combination a F (antially fiat inij'icrforate receptacle com 'insing a pli'irality of separable members shaped to stiffen their walls and provide a surface on one of them suitable i'i'or receiving an address, means adapted to hold said members together at their outer prutioirs, d means comprising interfitting F s on i i members, and yielding i'neans in said receptacle interposed between the flat surfaces of a record and the adjacent stiifened walls and adapted to prevent abrasion of the record surface thereby.

it shipping container for records of Eoundreproducing machines comprising in combination a substantially round and substantially flat ini ierforate receptacle formed of a pair of members the edges of which are flanged and interfit one with the other, said members being corrugated to stiffen their walls and shaped to provide a surface on one of them suitable for receiving an ad dress, means extending about said receptacle adapted to hold the same together at its outer portions, yielding men .9; within said receptacle interposed between the flat surfaces of a record and the adjacent stifiencd walls to prevent abrasion of the record surfaces thereby, and yielding i'nean. within said receptacle engaging the edge of the record to cushion endwis movement.

In witness whereof, we hereunto subscribe our names.

ROBERT S. BLAIR. BURLING D. WELLS. 

